of other city-states trying to weaken the government through new ideas. On the other hand‚ Athenians were cultured and artistic people. They had creative minds‚ and loved to socialize with other city-states to spread new ideas. Athenians and Spartans had many diversities and differences‚ thus causing the Peloponnesian War that had tragic effects which impacted Greece for many years. In the beginning‚ Athens and Sparta had lots of drastic differences in at least three ways. Athens
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Punishment Justified? Is capital punishment justified? Should people convicted of crime be punished in a hard way? Should the state of Florida remain the same rules for capital punishment? My answer is yes‚ it should stay the same way it is if we want the world to be a better place for living. The State must remain punishing people for first degree murder‚ capital drug trafficking‚ and capital sexual battery. All of these crimes should be handled by execution or imprisoned depending on how much was involved
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There are numerous charges against Socrates in the reading of The Apology. The basic charges against him include impiety‚ corrupting the youth‚ and theorizing about unknown topics. He does not believe in the gods that the state does‚ and therefore seeks for natural explanations to processes that occur in the world around him. He did not recognize the gods and introduced other new divinities. Socrates was charged with corrupting the youth. Due to the constant asking of questions and inquiry‚ it lead
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Terrorism Ever Justified? “Terrorism has no justification‚ no matter what pretext terrorist use for their deeds.” Says Mohamed El Aziz Ben Achour‚ a Tunisian Culture and Preservation of Heritage Minister. (UN News Centre.) Many people view terrorism the same way as Ben Achour‚ especially in America. But there are also many of those‚ such as Alan Dershowitz‚ who counter with questions like‚ “Is ‘terrorist’ just a negative version of ‘freedom righter’?” and “How are civilian deaths in terrorism different
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Comparing Sparta and Athens Make a copy of this document and complete the information requested below. Sparta: Sparta was a polis that valued physical courage‚ strength and bravery in war. The Spartans gave their complete loyalty to the polis. Seven year old Spartan boys left their homes to train as soldiers in military camps. Spartan men lived and trained together. When a man married‚ he would continue to live with his fellow soldiers until he was about 30 years old. Both men and women
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excellent examples of this fact. Ancient Rome was a global superpower that believed with enough determination and motivation‚ they could go anywhere. Let a successful civilization be defined be defined as equal‚ reformed‚ and similar to modern societies today. Ancient Greece and Rome were similar in terms of military values and feats between the Greek city-state Sparta and the Roman Empire‚ however‚ in terms of government structure‚ the city-state Athens was more successful in establishing a more stable
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countries stand out to be the more influential cities in the Greek city: Athen‚ and Sparta. The influenced emphasized on the similarities and differences in economic‚ political‚ and social democracy. The similarity between Athen and Sparta is that the democracy in both states was only for a minority group. The minority society in both states has the political influenced. The majority group has no say in government. No one of their public sectors was filled with women. All were men and have to be
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Plato introduces several arguments that Socrates makes on whether or not it would be just for him to escape from prison when the Athenians have not acquitted him. Socrates begins by arguing that one must never do wrong. One of the most compelling arguments that he goes on to make is that doing harm to someone is wrong and therefore one must never engage in retaliatory harm. Under certain circumstances‚ such as self-defense‚ retaliatory harm is necessary. Socrates also argues that whenever you violate
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Sophist‚ or not a Sophist; that is the Question The book Philosophical Conversations‚ Socrates argues that he is not a sophist within his society‚ because he “has nothing to teach” (Melchert‚ 58)‚ and no knowledge to teach about. His argument begins with the statement that “Sophists set themselves up as teachers… Socrates does not. He cannot do so… because he does not rightly know what it is‚ and no one can teach what he doesn’t understand.” (58) Additionally he claims that he does not have a school
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Was the Atomic Bombing Justified? The Atomic Bomb made a very serious statement at a time when the world was in disarray (“Manhattan”). World War II was one of the most destructive times in history causing over 50 million deaths and leaving behind mental and physical casualties of war. (“World War II”) It started in September‚ 1939 when Germany invaded Poland and continued on a destructive path through Europe. Britain and France declared war on Germany. Two years prior in 1937‚ the Sino Japanese
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